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Ashish MehtaHow to Drop Database in SQL Server by Closing Existing Connections
SQL Server DROP Database | SQL DROP Database Statement This article outlines the steps to DROP Database in SQL Server when the users are connected to a SQL Server Database. You may need to closing existing connections...
Chetna BhallaFORMATMESSAGE Statement T-SQL Enhancement in SQL Server 2016
FORMATMESSAGE statement is enhanced in SQL Server 2016 to accept a msg_string argument. In the previous versions this function was used to form a message from text located in sys.messages This is Part 9 of 10 Part T-SQL...
Backup Database SQL Server
SQL Backup | How to Create a Full Backup of Database in SQL Server This article explains the steps you need to follow to take a FULL Backup of Database in SQL Server Using SQL Server Management Studio and by using TSQL...
How to Change Select Top 1000 Rows and Edit Top 200 Rows Default Value in SQL Server Management Studio
How to Select Top 1000 Rows SQL Server Starting SQL Server 2008, SSMS allows you to Select Top 1000 rows and Edit Top 200 rows. However, in the previous version of SSMS 2005, the only option was to open the entire table...
SQL Server Best Practice Auto Close Database Option Should Remain OFF
Introduction In this article, we will take a look at why it is essential to leave AUTO CLOSE database option turned OFF for a Production or a Non-Production SQL Server Database across all versions and editions of SQL...
How to Identify CPU Bottlenecks in SQL Server Using Performance Counters
There are instance when you are facing CPU bottlenecks on your SQL Server Instance. In this article we will take look at How to Identify CPU Bottlenecks in SQL Server Using Performance Counters.The most common reason...
Different Types of SQL Server Backups
SQL Server supports different types of backups for databases. However, which type of a database backup can be performed totally depends upon the recovery model of the database one choose. If you are unclear of the...
Does SQL Server Database Use Any Enterprise Edition Features?
One of the most common tasks performed by the DBA is to moving user databases across different editions of SQL Server especially during Disaster Recovery Situations. There are some Enterprise Edition only features which...
DROP IF EXISTS SQL Server T-SQL Enhancement in SQL Server 2016
DROP IF Exists SQL Server | DROP IF Exists Table | DROP IF Exists Procedure SQL Server 2016 introduces a new DROP IF EXISTS SQL Server statement to DROP objects such as tables, columns, indexes, stored procedures...
How to Fix “BACKUP detected corruption in the database log” Error in SQL Server
Due to an unplanned reboot of SQL Server one of the transaction log file of a database become corrupt. DBA noticed this issue once regular transaction log backup job started failing with “BACKUP detected...
Where can I find SQL Server Management Studio for SQL Server 2016?
After the successfully installation of SQL Server 2016, I have realized that SQL Server Management Studio 2016 (SSMS) is missing. In this tip we will discuss how to download and install SQL Server Management Studio for...
How to Increase Number of SQL Server Error Log Files
SQL Server Error Log is the best place for a Database Administrators to look for informational messages, warnings, critical events, database recover information, auditing information, user generated messages etc. By...
How to Detach SSAS Database in SQL Server
This article explains How to Detach Analysis Services Database in SQL Server. The steps mentioned in this article are applicable on SQL Server 2008 and Higher Versions. Different ways to Detach an Analysis Services...
FULL Database Backups in SQL Server Step by Step Tutorial with Examples
FULL Database Backup is used to back up the whole database in SQL Server. A database full backup will include parts of transaction log so that if the need arises a database can be recovered completely by restoring full...
How to Synchronize Analysis Services Database Using Synchronize Database Wizard in SSMS
In this article we will take a look at how to Synchronize Analysis Services Database using Synchronize Database Wizard to make two analysis services databases identical by copying the metadata and data between source...
Limit SQL Server Error Log File Size in SQL Server
SQL Server Error Log contains valuable information which can be used by database administrators to troubleshoot issues with SQL Server. A typical Error Log file contain informational messages, warnings, critical events...
SQL SELECT | SQL QUERY | SQL SELECT Statement T-SQL Tutorial with Examples
SQL SERVER SELECT Statement | SQL SELECT TABLE | SQL SELECT | SQL QUERY The “SQL SELECT statement” is used to select data from a database. In SQL SERVER, the SELECT Statement is used to query the data stored...
How to Configure TempDB on Local Disk in SQL Server 2012/2014 Failover Cluster to Improve Performance
Starting SQL Server 2012 Failover Cluster installation supports Local Disk to be used for TempDB Data and Log files. This article explains the steps to be followed by the DBA to configure SQL Server 2012 Failover...
Discover SQL Server Components Installed Using SQL Server Discovery Tool
Microsoft Introduced SQL Server Discovery Tool is widely used by SQL Server Database Administrators to quickly identify SQL Server Components which are already installed on a local SQL Server. The report shown in the...
How to Repair Database in Suspect Mode in SQL Server
Summary There are times when you connect to an SQL Server Instance you will find the database being marked as SUSPECT. In such a scenario, you will not be able to connect to the database to read and write data...
Database Backup Encryption in SQL Server 2014 a Step by Step Implementation Guide
Microsoft has introduced inbuilt Database Backup Encryption Feature in SQL Server 2014. Starting SQL Server 2014, SQL Server will have the ability to encrypt the data while the backup is in progress. One can encrypt the...
